SPRINGFIELD (WEEK) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has announced the largest union agreement regarding COVID-19 vaccinations — 7,800 state employees who are represented by AFSCME. This means nearly 10,000 state workers are now covered under union vaccine agreements. This agreement will…
WASHIINGTON (AP) –Colin Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from COVID-19 complications, his family said Monday.…
SPRINGFIELD (Heart of Illinois ABC) — The Illinois Department of Public Health is following recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control…
SPRINGFIELD (Heart of Illinois ABC) — The Illinois Department of Public Health is releasing guidance for fall festivities and Halloween to help…
SPRINGFIELD (Heart of Illinois ABC) — 15,669 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 since October 8 are being reported by the Illinois…
(AP) — A panel of U.S. health advisers has endorsed booster shots for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. The advisers to the Food and Drug…
BLOOMINGTON (Heart of Illinois ABC) – Two more COVID-19-related deaths were reported in McLean County Wednesday amid signs that the Delta variant…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Merck has asked U.S. regulators to authorize its promising antiviral pill against COVID-19, setting the stage for a…
McLEAN COUNTY (Heart of Illinois ABC) — The Mclean County Health Department is reporting 41 new cases of COVID-19 — bringing the county total of…
SPRINGFIELD (Heart of Illinois ABC) — The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 19,244 new cases of COVID-19 — along with 209 new…
McLEAN COUNTY (Heart of Illinois ABC) — 303 new weekly cases of COVID-19 are being reported in McLean County since September 29 — 56 of those cases…
(Heart of Illinois ABC) — 3 fire departments in the Heart of Illinois will receive a portion of over $316,000 from the one-time Illinois Fire…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson has asked U.S. regulators to allow booster shots of its COVID-19 vaccine as the U.S. government moves…
(Heart of Illinois ABC) — Two community health centers in the Heart of Illinois are set to receive part of $35.7 million in American Rescue Plan…
McLEAN COUNTY (Heart of Illinois ABC) — Five new deaths are being reported in McLean County over the weekend. One was a woman in her 40s, a woman in…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California is poised to impose the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine mandate for schoolchildren. Gov. Gavin Newsom said…
PEORIA (Heart of Illinois ABC)- A growing number of people opposing the vaccination and masking mandates have formed an organization called Freedom…
SPRINGFIELD (Heart of Illinois ABC) — The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 18,735 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in…
ILLINOIS (WEEK) – Gov. JB Pritzker announced the first round of grant winners in his “Back to Business” grant program Thursday. The…
NORMAL (Heart of Illinois ABC) — Carle is offering the booster dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to qualifying patients beginning Tuesday, October…
McLEAN COUNTY (Heart of Illinois ABC) — 81 of the 350 new COVID-19 cases since last Wednesday in McLean County are kids 11 and younger. The health…
PEORIA (Heart of Illinois ABC) — OSF HealthCare will offer the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, September 30.…
(Heart of Illinois ABC) — A new state emergency rule requires record-keeping of staff vaccinations and test results in hospital facilities. The rule…
McLEAN COUNTY (Heart of Illinois ABC) — The McLean County Health Department will begin scheduling booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19…
